At a Glance
- Tasks: Conduct detailed quantity takeoffs and prepare construction estimates for exciting projects.
- Company: Join ATCO Frontec, a leader in infrastructure and project delivery.
- Benefits: Enjoy a hybrid work environment, competitive salary, and opportunities for professional growth.
- Other info: Be part of a dynamic team focused on safety, innovation, and operational excellence.
- Why this job: Make a real impact on innovative projects while collaborating with a passionate team.
- Qualifications: Degree in Quantity Surveying or related field with 5+ years of estimating experience.
The predicted salary is between 72000 - 88000 $ per year.
What You Will Do
- Complete detailed quantity takeoffs from architectural, civil, structural, mechanical, and electrical drawings.
- Review drawings, specifications, schedules, tender documents, and contract requirements to confirm the full project scope.
- Identify scope gaps, inconsistencies, omissions, overlaps, and constructability concerns during tender review.
- Maintain traceable quantity calculations, measurement summaries, and supporting documentation.
- Estimating and Cost Planning
- Prepare conceptual, budgetary, and detailed construction estimates.
- Develop labour, material, equipment, subcontractor, indirect cost, productivity, and resource calculations.
- Prepare estimate summaries, cost breakdown structures, and pricing schedules that meet client and internal requirements.
- Support bid pricing strategies through cost analysis, benchmarking, and collaboration with operations teams.
- Subcontractor and Supplier Pricing
- Partner with Supply Chain to develop bidder lists, procurement strategies, and clear subcontractor and supplier bid packages.
- Analyze quote coverage, exclusions, qualifications, commercial terms, and scope alignment.
- Level and compare bids, identify pricing gaps or overlaps, and support award recommendations.
- Maintain current cost data, historical pricing, productivity benchmarks, and regional market intelligence.
- Risk, Commercial Review, and Bid Submission
- Identify cost, schedule, scope, logistics, market, productivity, and commercial risks and opportunities.
- Support risk reviews and recommend appropriate contingency and escalation allowances.
- Review tender and contract requirements for cost implications, including bonds, insurance, taxes, duties, and commercial terms.
- Develop bid assumptions, qualifications, exclusions, pricing schedules, tender submissions, and executive approval materials.
- Participate in estimate reviews, pricing presentations, post-bid clarifications, and negotiations.
- Maintain an auditable estimate file with source documents, quotations, calculations, approvals, and revision history.
- Project Handover and Continuous Improvement
- Provide awarded-project handover to delivery teams, including scope, quantities, productivity assumptions, subcontractor coverage, allowances, and risks.
- Support estimate reconciliation, lessons learned, change estimates, cost forecasting, and commercial analysis as required.
- Help improve estimating procedures, templates, databases, tools, and standard work practices.
What You Bring
- Diploma or degree in Quantity Surveying, Construction Management, Engineering, Engineering Technology, Building Science, Architecture, or a related discipline.
- Five or more years of progressive experience in construction estimating, quantity surveying, preconstruction, or commercial construction.
- Demonstrated experience completing quantity takeoffs, detailed estimates, quote evaluations, and tender submissions.
- Advanced ability to interpret drawings, specifications, tender documents, and contracts.
- Strong understanding of construction costs, productivity, procurement, subcontracting, and commercial risk.
- Advanced Microsoft Excel skills and experience with estimating or takeoff software.
- Strong communication, negotiation, organisation, and stakeholder-management skills.
- Assets
- PQS, CIQS, MRICS, CEC, GSC, or another relevant professional designation.
- Experience with infrastructure, commercial, institutional, industrial, modular, remote-site, or defence projects.
- This is a Hybrid position based in Calgary
Why Join ATCO Frontec?
Join a team helping shape the future of infrastructure, defence, facilities management, and project delivery.
You will contribute to meaningful work while collaborating with people committed to safety, innovation, operational excellence, and disciplined execution.
We would like to thank everyone for their application; however, only those being considered for an interview will be contacted.
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Construction Estimator in Calgary employer: ATCO
ATCO Frontec is an exceptional employer that offers a dynamic work environment where employees can contribute to impactful infrastructure and construction projects across Canada and internationally. With a strong focus on safety, innovation, and collaboration, employees benefit from professional growth opportunities and the chance to work alongside a diverse team dedicated to operational excellence. The company's commitment to supporting communities and national interests makes it a rewarding place to build a meaningful career as a Construction Estimator.
